The Pelagios Map is an interactive map of the Roman Empire. You can scroll around the Empire, zoom in and out, and see both natural features and manmade ones. It marks a wide variety of sites and would be very useful for tracking Horace’s travels or Pliny’s activities during the eruption of Vesuvius. (via the Smithsonian Blog)
Lights, Camera, Action! Making and Using Movies in your Classroom
In this age of Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube, it’s wondrously easy for both us and our students to make short films as projects in our